Research Article
Pregnancy Outcomes of Mothers with Detectable CMV-Specific IgM Antibodies: A Three-Year Review in a Large Irish Tertiary Referral Maternity Hospital
Table 2
Indications given for requesting the maternal CMV IgM test.
| | Reason for test | Number | Percentage |
| | Intrauterine growth retardation | 6 | 18% | | Raised liver enzymes | 5 | 15% | | Intrauterine death | 4 | 12% | | Miscarriage | 3 | 9% | | Not recorded | 3 | 9% | | Fetal pleural effusion | 2 | 6% | | Stillborn | 2 | 6% | | Abnormal scan (not specified) | 1 | 3% | | Congenital anomaly (cardiac) | 1 | 3% | | Echogenic bowel | 1 | 3% | | Lethargy | 1 | 3% | | Microcephaly | 1 | 3% | | Oligohydramnios | 1 | 3% | | Previous child had CMV | 1 | 3% | | Polyhydramnios | 1 | 3% | | Maternal request | 1 | 3% |
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